Marylebone High Street, London

The next morning, we arranged to meet up with an old classmate of mine at Marylebone High Street. Walking there from our hotel, it was a lovely morning with blue skies and just a bit of sun - probably rare for London.

By the time we got to the cafe, it was around 9.50am, and there was already a queue at the door in anticipation for their 10am opening. Another sign of good food!

We found Marylebone High Street to be a lovely shopping street - almost like a neighbourhood street with quaint shops, bakeries, cafes and grocers. Mental note to self to return whenever we visit London again.

We were fortunate enough to snap up the last available table. The interior was lovely - white walls with dark brown timber furniture, with a huge array of scones, pies and muffins.

The coffee was brilliant- just what 2 concussed jetlagged Singaporeans needed

The husband had the French Toast stuffed with bananas, with bacon strips. This was fantastic - a wonderful combination of sweet and savoury.

I was really tempted to go for the poached eggs on toast with bacon and mushrooms, but the husband convinced me that I could have eaten them anywhere in the world. So I decided to go for the "Grilled chorizo with sweet potato, manouri (?) and miso hash, a soft boiled egg, garlic labrie (?) and star anise cashew nut praline". Thanks to wikipedia, I now know that manouri is a Greek soft cheese, but I still have no idea what a labrie is. In any case, it was absolutely delicious and the perfect combination of savoury (cheese and sausage) and sweet (sweet potato). The nutty flavour of the cashews somehow held it all together. I have no idea how the chef managed to come up with this blend of flavours.

After breakfast we wandered around the Moxon St area to La Fromagerie, which unfortunately was having a power cut that morning, otherwise we would have been able to sample cheeses. I managed to pick up a pack of dried porcini for about 6 pounds. Close by was a farmers' market, which sold lots of very attractive and exciting things, including hot food.

The baker

The fishmonger The fruit stall

The vegetable stall

It was such a lovely market, and I regretted not taking more photos. A definite must for a repeat visit.

Providore and Tapas: http://www.theprovidores.co.uk/
La Fromagerie: http://www.lafromagerie.co.uk/